Posted: September 2, 2016
The Write@UNG is a new multifaceted faculty development program that stretches across five campuses and enriches scholarly productivity through a focus on research and writing skills. Workshops are facilitated by Dr. Michael Rifenburg, Department of English, CTLL Faculty Fellow for Scholarly Writing and sponsored by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership.
Visit the CTLL Event Calendar to review all upcoming Write@UNG workshops.
A researcher at New Mexico State University found this formula fir writing productivity: 30 minutes a day for 4.5 days a weel =180 pages of revised writing annually. Writing productivity comes down to structure and accountability. At the beginning of the academic year, let's talk about both.
Dr. Steven Lloyd (Department of Psychological Science) and Dr. Ryan Shanks (Department of Biology) will join us to talk about co-authoring: how and why. We will leave the workshop with a stronger sense of the role co-authoring (even the non-writing co-author) can play in our discipline and our scholarship.
Writing a journal article doesn't need to start from scratch. Most of what you need can already be found in your filing cabinets and computer: a dissertation, thesis, seminar papers from grad school, lecture notes, conference talks... We'll give experienced advice on how a journal article can easily be hewn from the mountain of material from your professional life.
Few things are as bewildering yet vital as intellectual property—especially in the increasing digital age. The Framers of the Constitution granted Congress the ability to secure "for Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their Respective Writings and Discoveries." Terri Bell, Senior Library Assistant and Copyright Compliance, will explain what you need to know about intellectual property for your writing, and what "Writings and Discoveries" means in your field.
When preparing a manuscript for publication, there are two kinds of revision: the kind we find ourselves through close rereading of our own material or the kind brought to our attention through reader feedback. Whichever the source, such activities of deeper reflection are tough, yet central to scholarly productivity.
Dr. Diana Edelman-Young (Department of English) will talk about the faculty writing group she established, where members meet weekly to write, share drafts, drink coffee, and experience the joys and frustrations of scholarly writing. Consider joining or creating a writing group to better benefit your own writing.